App User Onboarding Audit Contest

Win a Complete App Onboarding Audit & Gamification Strategy Worth $2,500

Is your app struggling with user drop-off during onboarding? You're not alone. Studies show that 77% of users abandon an app within the first three days of downloading it, and poor onboarding is one of the leading causes.

That's why we're giving away a comprehensive app user onboarding audit complete with personalized gamification strategy recommendations to help you boost activation rates, reduce churn, and create a sticky first-time user experience that keeps people coming back.

What You'll Win

The grand prize winner will receive a full app onboarding audit package including:

• Deep-dive onboarding flow analysis examining every step from install to activation
• Drop-off rate evaluation identifying exactly where and why users are leaving
• User feedback synthesis turning qualitative insights into actionable improvements
• Custom gamification strategy with specific mechanics, progression systems, and reward structures tailored to your app category
• Implementation roadmap with prioritized recommendations and expected impact on retention metrics
• 30-minute strategy consultation with our product and growth experts

Total value: $2,500

Why App Onboarding Matters More Than Ever

In today's competitive app ecosystem, you have seconds to prove value to new users. A confusing or lengthy onboarding experience means lost customers, wasted ad spend, and missed revenue opportunities.

The best apps use psychological principles, gamification mechanics, and behavioral design to create onboarding experiences that feel effortless, rewarding, and genuinely helpful. Whether you're a startup founder, product manager, or growth marketer, understanding what makes users stick (or leave) during those critical first sessions can transform your entire business trajectory.

Who Should Enter

This contest is perfect for:

• Mobile app founders and product teams looking to improve activation and retention metrics
• SaaS companies struggling with trial-to-paid conversion during onboarding
• Growth marketers who need to reduce customer acquisition costs by improving early retention
• Product managers tasked with optimizing the first-time user experience
• Indie developers and bootstrapped startups who can't afford expensive consultants but need expert guidance

Whether you're in fintech, health and wellness, productivity, social networking, gaming, or any other app category, this audit will provide actionable insights specific to your industry and user base.

How Paperform Makes Contest Entry Simple

We've built this contest entry form using Paperform because it makes running promotional campaigns effortless for marketing teams and agencies. Instead of cobbling together multiple tools, you get:

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• Submission management all in one place, with filtering, exports, and automated workflows
• Payment and product fields if you want to offer paid entries or upsells alongside free entries

This exact form template can be customized for your own contests, giveaways, lead generation campaigns, and promotional activations. Whether you're running a social media contest, partnering with influencers, or capturing qualified leads through content marketing, Paperform gives you the flexibility to create forms that feel native to your brand while collecting exactly the data you need.

Automate Contest Workflows with Stepper

Once contest entries start flowing in, you can use Stepper.io (Paperform's AI-native workflow automation tool) to:

• Automatically send confirmation emails with unique entry numbers
• Route qualified entries to your CRM or sales team
• Trigger social media follow-up sequences
• Score and segment entries based on responses
• Notify your team on Slack when high-value prospects enter
• Schedule winner selection and notification workflows

By connecting Paperform to Stepper, you turn manual contest administration into a smooth, automated experience that saves hours and ensures no entry falls through the cracks.

From Entry to Long-Term Relationship

The best contests don't just collect emails—they start relationships with your ideal customers. By asking thoughtful, relevant questions about their challenges and goals (like we do in this app onboarding audit contest), you're gathering intelligence that helps you:

• Segment your audience for targeted follow-up campaigns
• Identify high-intent prospects who are actively looking for solutions
• Create better content based on real challenges your audience is facing
• Build trust and authority by demonstrating expertise through the contest itself

Even entrants who don't win receive value from the process of thinking critically about their app onboarding experience, and you've now earned the right to stay in touch with helpful resources, tips, and offers.

Built for Marketing Teams and Agencies

If you're a marketing agency or consultant running campaigns for multiple clients, Paperform's Agency+ plan lets you manage contest forms, landing pages, and lead capture across all your accounts from one dashboard. You maintain brand consistency, track performance across campaigns, and deliver white-labeled experiences that make you look like a hero.

This app onboarding audit contest template is just one example of how forward-thinking marketing teams use Paperform to:

• Launch campaigns faster without waiting on developers
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Security, Compliance, and Trust

When you're collecting user data through contests and giveaways, trust matters. Paperform is SOC 2 Type II compliant and GDPR-ready, giving you and your entrants peace of mind that data is handled securely. With data residency controls, SSO, and enterprise-grade infrastructure, Paperform scales from solo founders to global brands without compromise.

Ready to Transform Your App Onboarding?

Enter the contest using the form below. It takes just 3-5 minutes to complete, and you'll walk away with clarity on your biggest onboarding challenges—whether you win the grand prize or not.

Contest closes [DATE]. Winner will be announced [DATE] via email and social media.

Good luck! We can't wait to see how you're building the future of mobile and SaaS experiences.

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